North Bergen police arrest man driving with alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit

Police said they found Emmanuel Chase in his tan Oldsmobile near 8820 Tonnelle Avenue -- Image courtesy Google Maps

NORTH BERGEN - A 31-year-old Philadelphia man driving with a blood alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit was busted at a Tonnelle Avenue gas station early Sunday, police said yesterday.

Emmanuel Chase was charged around 2:30 a.m. after a woman flagged down cops and led them to Chase's tan Oldsmobile, which had sustained damage in the BP gas station parking lot near 88th Street, police said.

In the car, officers said they found Chase, who admitted to officers that he had two cups of wine, reports said.

Police said they could smell a strong odor of alcohol from Chase, who handed officers a fake Pennsylvania driver's license, reports said.

After failing a field sobriety test, Chase was taken to headquarters but passed out due to the level of his intoxication. He was treated at Palisade Medical Center where a blood test showed a BAC level of .221, reports state.

Officers said Chase has been charged with driving while intoxicated, exhibiting a fraudulent driver's license, careless driving, having windows tinted too dark, driving without a seatbelt, and failure to exhibit a drivers license.